Wanted: Sand stirrers

[LadyTang2]

Hi all,

I want to include some CUC members that will churn my sand around. I have heard sea cucumbers are good for this, which type of cucumber is best for this? Other cuc suggestions?

Do any of these guys also clean the sand?

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

Hi all,

I want to include some CUC members that will churn my sand around. I have heard sea cucumbers are good for this, which type of cucumber is best for this? Other cuc suggestions?

Do any of these guys also clean the sand?

Conch and sea hares

 

[Wolf89]

Conch and sea hares

Sea hares are not sand stirrers, only eat hair algae and 90% of the time they starve to death in it tanks

 

[LadyTang2]

I have not looked into sea hares, do they crawl up on rocks or mostly stay in sand?

 

[9Trees29gal]

Nassarius snails do a pretty good job stirring too, especially the larger Tonga type. Sand sifting starfish also do a great job.

 

[LadyTang2]

Will the sand sifting starfish bother my snails? I read one report of them doing that but dont know if its common

 

[GSnake]

for invert : sand sifter star or tonga nassarius
but if you have no corals on the sand, a sand sifting goby would do better than those two combined.

 

[LadyTang2]

for invert : sand sifter star or tonga nassarius
but if you have no corals on the sand, a sand sifting goby would do better than those two combined.

Is this because the goby will spit sand all over the coral in the sand?

 

[Vinman]

Sea hares are not sand stirrers, only eat hair algae and 90% of the time they starve to death in it tanks

+1

 

[GSnake]

Is this because the goby will spit sand all over the coral in the sand?

Oh yes. Mine did less and less but he never completley stopped. It looks irritating enough for the Coral, and myself... I didn't like not seeing my corals

 

[ectoaesthetics]

tonga nassarius